I'm afraid its curtains for that HDD I done a diagnostics and it was toast.
Anyway I've been trying to install a SATA HDD at the moment, check out
"microsoft.public.windowsxp.general" same subject, if you want a laugh.

Thanks for the reply Ron

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"Ron Martell" <ron.martell@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> "p.mc" <sigadd1@btinternet.com> wrote:
>
> >Hi
> >
> >My WinXP Home PC NTFS SP1 has just crashed whilst I was using it. It gave
a
> >blue screen with error: 0X000000ED... (unmountable boot volume)
> >
> >An hour or so earlier I installed latest drivers for my NVIDIA graphics
> >card, and also installed TW PGA Tour 2006, it was a cloned copy that
didn't
> >work, I'd also been cleaning out the registry with Registry tune up and
> >Registry fix.
> >
> >So after "BSOD" I ran CHKDSK off recovery cd, which informed me I had
> >unrecoverable sectors or words to that effect, then I ran FIXBOOT which
> >completed but didn't sort the problem, and I cannot get into safe mode to
> >remove drivers and game.
> >I googled but I couldn't see a fix I could apply.
> >
> >All help would be greatfully appreciated
> >
>
> Did you use the /R parameter when you ran CHKDSK? If not then boot
> back to the recovery console and this time try the command:
>
> CHKDSK C: /R
>
> and see if that will resolve the problem. It should work, especially
> if the second parameter following the STOP code is 0xC0000032
>
>
> Good luck
>
> Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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